World Cup predictions - the second round

[SpencerH]

I'm not in the pool but here's my picks anyway

Sweden - Senegal (Oita) 1-0
If Sweden score 1st it'll be 3-1

Spain - Ireland (Suwon) 0-1
Cant vote against Ireland

Mexico - USA (Jeonju) 2-1

Brazil - Belgium (Kobe) 1-0
Brazil dont look strong and I havent seen Belgium

Japan - Turkey (Miyagi) 2-0

Korea - Italy (Daejeon) 1-2
This is a tough one to pick. Korea have looked good and Italy have had bad luck. Unfortunately it comes down to the referees.

[Paul]

Sweden - Senegal 1-1

1 Eli 88
2 Bas 86
2 Juggernaut 86
4 Paul 85
5 Smash 80
6 Yaroslav 79
7 OneFootInTheGrave 78
8 End Is Forever 77
8 MikeH 77
10 Monk 76
11 Cairo_East 75
12 Our_man 74
13 Saint Marcus 73
14 Jay Bee 72
15 Sagacious Dolphin 70
16 Rogan Josh 69
16 Mercator 69
18 Urban Ranger 68
19 Zopperoni 66
20 El Awrence 64
20 Kindal 64
22 Kropotkin 63
23 Fiera 62
23 Imran Siddiqui 62
25 CyberShy 61
25 Giovanni Wine 61
27 Serb 58
27 Winston 58
27 Dalgetti 58
30 Snapcase 57
30 Ecthelion 57
32 Sloth 56
32 The Vagabond 56
34 Mordhiem 54
34 Wernazuma III 54
34 Dr. Stiby 54
37 Fergus Horkan 53
37 Earwicker 53
39 Kamrat X 49
40 Notyoueither 47
40 Mark13 47
42 VetLegion 43
43 Asmodean 41
43 TheArsenal 41
45 John III 38
46 Juggler 37
47 Germanos 24
48 Zealot 22
49 Boddington's 10
49 Gopher 10
51 War4ever 9
52 The Viceroy 6
53 Carolus Rex 3
54 ZoboZeWarrior 2
55 SpencerH 0
55 Civman2000 0

[Paul]

Eli moves to the top with 15 out of a maximum 18 points for the 3 matches in the second round.

[Eli]

15 points of out possible 18 in the last 3 games.

edit : cross posting.

[notyoueither]

Ohhh. Eli is a demon, but less than double my score, so not quite divine yet.

Did I mention I suck?

[Zoid]

Damn, Sweden is out

[Juggernaut]

F#ck.

[Footie Mad]

It hurts, and it wont go away .

[Zoid]

What I can´t for my life understand is why the hell they didn´t let Zlatan play from the start. Or at least from the beginning in the second half, he created Swedens best goal chances in the second half.

Zlatan and Henke as forwards would have rendered Sweden at least 2 more goals.

****ing Lars-Tommy

[JohnIII]

Damn damn damn.

(I had it as 2-1 after full time, not extra time.)

[Juggernaut]

Yup, Allbäck's performance has been abysmal throughout the tourney. It was almost a breach of duty to let him start this match.

Judging from what happened since Zlatan came on, I no longer doubt his ability as a team player. He should definately be among the starting eleven.

[JohnIII]

You mean, despite shooting with Larsson free to tap the ball in? That's how Zlatan is a team player?

[Juggernaut]

Heh, I admit he could have done better in that situation. But overall I think he played a lot better team-wise than before, passed and was creative. And he's ****ing awesome in one-on-one situations. If he had started on top with Larsson and we had had Ljungerg, I'm 100% sure we had won.

[Mercator]

Go Senegal!

[Urban Ranger]

Damn! Win in regular time you tossers argh